Thursday, July 17, 2008

BHV

It just so happens that BHV, the big Paris home supply department store, now has a FAB art department...on the first floor too. It used to be quite meager.

NO MORE! Remember how I raved about Rick's old fashioned lace curtains...you can get them here too. Just bring your measurements puleeeze! Their book department is terrific too and greets you as you enter from the rue des archives door. Tassles, ribbons, every decorative treatment under the sun plus how-to-do-it demos and classes are offered (in French) at BHV. A vast selection of traditional door handles and other accessories are so tempting to bring back to the US... This stick-on wall mural for example... A Frenchie looking breakfast tray too.... 7 floors to wander through, as good as a visit to the Louvre almost.. AND they have JAM!!!AND MACARONS! Well OK macaron candles...ahemBONNE JOURNEE!

22 comments:

Great post, Carol! I love seeing inside stores like this. I'll bet that place is great fun to browse through. Your palette and paints are wonderful--I'm laughing realizing they too must be minis. I'm starting to think you, too, are just a tiny fairy sprinkling your magic throughout this blog!!

oooh, I would have to have a whole empty suitcase on the trip over just to fill with goodies. That lace will come back with you next trip , huh? Measure, measure. It's about the paint today for us both. :)

Fabulous post today. I chuckled at 'Brush with colors' comment. lol I can vision it. :)Also a great painting & it must be the new paper you're using now as they seem to have more color or richness to them.I do love browsing thru stores like this. The Frenchie Breakfast tray cups and tea pots I would be happy taking home. :):)

how sad to walk right past BHV?!It's the French version of an upscale Sears & Roebucks for Parisiens.They have whatever Parisiens need...well almost..Don't go looking for a fan during a heat wave.You may have to order it and wait 6 weeks!

Oh I love it when you supply links, I wish these curtains were available in the US - I only visited Sennelier on the Seine when I was there - Awesome shop and history! Love your posts and watercolors as Always!

I'd like to explain that I randomly stumbled upon your blog today thanks to my obsession with macarons, and I guess i'm a built of a...francophile? oh god i don't know the word, but i love those macaron candles too!

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